Angus89 Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Hellow I am needing some sugestions a friend of mine has a birthday coming up and I am wanting to to build him a strat for a present I am most likely going to chamber it for weight cause he has a bad back but my freind is a total tone freak so I would like to use a very unique sounding exotic wood I was thinking maybe padauk but I've heard it sounds alot like maple and I have never really ben able to amagine such a hard wood being good for a body cause I would think it wood have no bass and very little mids so I kneed some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 well it was good enough for Nuno's custom Washburn N4. It depends what you're after...traditional strat sounds, heavy rock/metal sounds...what pickups, what amp, any effects, what bridge....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaycee Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 If you leave the wammy bar off you could have a body thats 35mm thick, and use whatever timber you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel R Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 I like black limba or korina. Great looking wood, can get figured pieces, has great timber like alder and is very light and easy to work with. I have some pics of a guitar I am working on. http://www.geocities.com/drychlik@sbcgloba...l?1166595041593 Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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